Study of surface mud sediment in an urban environment

Abstract

Surface mud sediment is a media integrating pollution over space and time. Sampling of the mud sediment allows obtaining additional information about environmental state. The results of the study of surface mud sediment in Ekaterinburg city (Russia) are represented in the paper. Particle-size composition of the sediment is primarily represented by dust and fine sand. Study of the sediment allows ranking the territories over pollution degree with heavy metals, identifying technogenic and typomorphic geochemical associations of the elements in environmental compartments.